Shawnee Chasser is a purple-haired grandmother, runs Shawnee's Greenthumb Popcorn and is the proud owner of a tree house in South Florida. But authorities are trying to force her to leave her home of 25 years because they say the house was illegally built and is unsafe. Chasser has been told that her home must be demolished in the next four months or she could face $7,000 in fines.

Unfortunately, Chasser says she doesn't have the funds required to bring her home up to code, especially since she's already paid $3,000 in fines. The authorities were first alerted about the treehouse when neighbors complained Chasser was running the property like an apartment complex and campground.

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After Ricardo Roig, Miami-Dade's code enforcement division director, inspected the structure, he said it wasn't up to par for the county's strict rules around building codes in place because of the frequency of hurricanes. But Chasser doesn't plan on giving in to the citations. "I'll chain myself to that tree house," Chasser told the Miami Herald. She's also currently speaking to her attorney about her legal options.

Curious about the unique property? Take a look at it, along with the man-made pond.